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2 %% Name: tlw.tex
3 %% Purpose: wxTopLevelWindow documentation
4 %% Author: Vadim Zeitlin
5 %% Modified by:
6 %% Created: 2004-09-07 (partly extracted from frame.tex)
7 %% RCS-ID: $Id$
8 %% Copyright: (c) 2004 Vadim Zeitlin
9 %% License: wxWindows license
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11
12 \section{\class{wxTopLevelWindow}}\label{wxtoplevelwindow}
13
14 wxTopLevelWindow is a common base class for \helpref{wxDialog}{wxdialog} and
15 \helpref{wxFrame}{wxframe}. It is an abstract base class meaning that you never
16 work with objects of this class directly, but all of its methods are also
17 applicable for the two classes above.
18
19 \wxheading{Derived from}
20
21 \helpref{wxWindow}{wxwindow}\\
22 \helpref{wxEvtHandler}{wxevthandler}\\
23 \helpref{wxObject}{wxobject}
24
25 \wxheading{Include files}
26
27 <wx/toplevel.h>
28
29
30 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
31
32
33 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::GetIcon}\label{wxtoplevelwindowgeticon}
34
35 \constfunc{const wxIcon\&}{GetIcon}{\void}
36
37 Returns the standard icon of the window. The icon will be invalid if it hadn't
38 been previously set by \helpref{SetIcon}{wxtoplevelwindowseticon}.
39
40 \wxheading{See also}
41
42 \helpref{GetIcons}{wxtoplevelwindowgeticons}
43
44
45 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::GetIcons}\label{wxtoplevelwindowgeticons}
46
47 \constfunc{const wxIconBundle\&}{GetIcons}{\void}
48
49 Returns all icons associated with the window, there will be none of them if
50 neither \helpref{SetIcon}{wxtoplevelwindowseticon} nor
51 \helpref{SetIcons}{wxtoplevelwindowseticons} had been called before.
52
53 Use \helpref{GetIcon}{wxtoplevelwindowgeticon} to get the main icon of the
54 window.
55
56 \wxheading{See also}
57
58 \helpref{wxIconBundle}{wxiconbundle}
59
60
61 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::GetTitle}\label{wxtoplevelwindowgettitle}
62
63 \constfunc{wxString}{GetTitle}{\void}
64
65 Gets a string containing the window title.
66
67 \wxheading{See also}
68
69 \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::SetTitle}{wxtoplevelwindowsettitle}
70
71
72 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::HandleSettingChange}\label{wxtoplevelwindowhandlesettingchange}
73
74 \func{virtual bool}{HandleSettingChange}{\param{WXWPARAM}{ wParam}, \param{WXLPARAM}{ lParam}}
75
76 Unique to the wxWinCE port. Responds to showing/hiding SIP (soft input panel) area and resize
77 window accordingly. Override this if you want to avoid resizing or do additional
78 operations.
79
80
81 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::IsActive}\label{wxtoplevelwindowisactive}
82
83 \constfunc{bool}{IsActive}{\void}
84
85 Returns \true if this window is currently active, i.e. if the user is currently
86 working with it.
87
88
89 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::IsAlwaysMaximized}\label{wxtoplevelwindowisalwaysmaximized}
90
91 \constfunc{virtual bool}{IsAlwaysMaximized}{\void}
92
93 Returns \true if this window is expected to be always maximized, either due to platform policy
94 or due to local policy regarding particular class.
95
96
97 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::Iconize}\label{wxtoplevelwindowiconize}
98
99 \func{void}{Iconize}{\param{bool}{ iconize}}
100
101 Iconizes or restores the window.
102
103 \wxheading{Parameters}
104
105 \docparam{iconize}{If \true, iconizes the window; if \false, shows and restores it.}
106
107 \wxheading{See also}
108
109 \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::IsIconized}{wxtoplevelwindowisiconized}, \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize}{wxtoplevelwindowmaximize}.
110
111
112 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::IsFullScreen}\label{wxtoplevelwindowisfullscreen}
113
114 \func{bool}{IsFullScreen}{\void}
115
116 Returns \true if the window is in fullscreen mode.
117
118 \wxheading{See also}
119
120 \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen}{wxtoplevelwindowshowfullscreen}
121
122
123 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::IsIconized}\label{wxtoplevelwindowisiconized}
124
125 \constfunc{bool}{IsIconized}{\void}
126
127 Returns \true if the window is iconized.
128
129
130 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::IsMaximized}\label{wxtoplevelwindowismaximized}
131
132 \constfunc{bool}{IsMaximized}{\void}
133
134 Returns \true if the window is maximized.
135
136
137 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::Maximize}\label{wxtoplevelwindowmaximize}
138
139 \func{void}{Maximize}{\param{bool }{maximize}}
140
141 Maximizes or restores the window.
142
143 \wxheading{Parameters}
144
145 \docparam{maximize}{If \true, maximizes the window, otherwise it restores it.}
146
147 \wxheading{See also}
148
149 \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::Iconize}{wxtoplevelwindowiconize}
150
151
152 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::RequestUserAttention}\label{wxtoplevelwindowrequestuserattention}
153
154 \func{void}{RequestUserAttention}{\param{int }{flags = wxUSER\_ATTENTION\_INFO}}
155
156 Use a system-dependent way to attract users attention to the window when it is
157 in background.
158
159 \arg{flags} may have the value of either \texttt{wxUSER\_ATTENTION\_INFO}
160 (default) or \texttt{wxUSER\_ATTENTION\_ERROR} which results in a more drastic
161 action. When in doubt, use the default value.
162
163 Note that this function should normally be only used when the application is
164 not already in foreground.
165
166 This function is currently implemented for Win32 where it flashes the
167 window icon in the taskbar, and for wxGTK with task bars supporting it.
168
169
170 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::SetIcon}\label{wxtoplevelwindowseticon}
171
172 \func{void}{SetIcon}{\param{const wxIcon\& }{icon}}
173
174 Sets the icon for this window.
175
176 \wxheading{Parameters}
177
178 \docparam{icon}{The icon to associate with this window.}
179
180 \wxheading{Remarks}
181
182 The window takes a `copy' of {\it icon}, but since it uses reference
183 counting, the copy is very quick. It is safe to delete {\it icon} after
184 calling this function.
185
186 See also \helpref{wxIcon}{wxicon}.
187
188
189 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::SetIcons}\label{wxtoplevelwindowseticons}
190
191 \func{void}{SetIcons}{\param{const wxIconBundle\& }{icons}}
192
193 Sets several icons of different sizes for this window: this allows to use
194 different icons for different situations (e.g. task switching bar, taskbar,
195 window title bar) instead of scaling, with possibly bad looking results, the
196 only icon set by \helpref{SetIcon}{wxtoplevelwindowseticon}.
197
198 \wxheading{Parameters}
199
200 \docparam{icons}{The icons to associate with this window.}
201
202 \wxheading{See also}
203
204 \helpref{wxIconBundle}{wxiconbundle}.
205
206
207 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::SetLeftMenu}\label{wxtoplevelwindowsetleftmenu}
208
209 \func{void}{SetLeftMenu}{\param{int}{ id = wxID\_ANY}, \param{const wxString\&}{ label = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxMenu *}{ subMenu = NULL}}
210
211 Sets action or menu activated by pressing left hardware button on the smart phones.
212 Unavailable on full keyboard machines.
213
214 \wxheading{Parameters}
215
216 \docparam{id}{Identifier for this button.}
217
218 \docparam{label}{Text to be displayed on the screen area dedicated to this hardware button.}
219
220 \docparam{subMenu}{The menu to be opened after pressing this hardware button.}
221
222 \wxheading{See also}
223
224 \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::SetRightMenu}{wxtoplevelwindowsetrightmenu}.
225
226
227 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::SetRightMenu}\label{wxtoplevelwindowsetrightmenu}
228
229 \func{void}{SetRightMenu}{\param{int}{ id = wxID\_ANY}, \param{const wxString\&}{ label = wxEmptyString}, \param{wxMenu *}{ subMenu = NULL}}
230
231 Sets action or menu activated by pressing right hardware button on the smart phones.
232 Unavailable on full keyboard machines.
233
234 \wxheading{Parameters}
235
236 \docparam{id}{Identifier for this button.}
237
238 \docparam{label}{Text to be displayed on the screen area dedicated to this hardware button.}
239
240 \docparam{subMenu}{The menu to be opened after pressing this hardware button.}
241
242 \wxheading{See also}
243
244 \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::SetLeftMenu}{wxtoplevelwindowsetleftmenu}.
245
246
247 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::SetShape}\label{wxtoplevelwindowsetshape}
248
249 \func{bool}{SetShape}{\param{const wxRegion\&}{ region}}
250
251 If the platform supports it, sets the shape of the window to that
252 depicted by {\it region}. The system will not display or
253 respond to any mouse event for the pixels that lie outside of the
254 region. To reset the window to the normal rectangular shape simply
255 call {\it SetShape} again with an empty region. Returns true if the
256 operation is successful.
257
258
259 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::SetTitle}\label{wxtoplevelwindowsettitle}
260
261 \func{virtual void}{SetTitle}{\param{const wxString\& }{ title}}
262
263 Sets the window title.
264
265 \wxheading{Parameters}
266
267 \docparam{title}{The window title.}
268
269 \wxheading{See also}
270
271 \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::GetTitle}{wxtoplevelwindowgettitle}
272
273
274 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::ShouldPreventAppExit}\label{wxtoplevelwindowshouldpreventappexit}
275
276 \constfunc{virtual bool}{ShouldPreventAppExit}{\void}
277
278 This virtual function is not meant to be called directly but can be overridden
279 to return \false (it returns \true by default) to allow the application to
280 close even if this, presumably not very important, window is still opened.
281 By default, the application stays alive as long as there are any open top level
282 windows.
283
284
285 \membersection{wxTopLevelWindow::ShowFullScreen}\label{wxtoplevelwindowshowfullscreen}
286
287 \func{bool}{ShowFullScreen}{\param{bool}{ show}, \param{long}{ style = wxFULLSCREEN\_ALL}}
288
289 Depending on the value of {\it show} parameter the window is either shown full
290 screen or restored to its normal state. {\it style} is a bit list containing
291 some or all of the following values, which indicate what elements of the window
292 to hide in full-screen mode:
293
294 \begin{itemize}\itemsep=0pt
295 \item wxFULLSCREEN\_NOMENUBAR
296 \item wxFULLSCREEN\_NOTOOLBAR
297 \item wxFULLSCREEN\_NOSTATUSBAR
298 \item wxFULLSCREEN\_NOBORDER
299 \item wxFULLSCREEN\_NOCAPTION
300 \item wxFULLSCREEN\_ALL (all of the above)
301 \end{itemize}
302
303 This function has not been tested with MDI frames.
304
305 Note that showing a window full screen also actually
306 \helpref{Show()s}{wxwindowshow} if it hadn't been shown yet.
307
308 \wxheading{See also}
309
310 \helpref{wxTopLevelWindow::IsFullScreen}{wxtoplevelwindowisfullscreen}